PROSSER, Wash – Hundreds of thousands of trees bearing a brand new variety of apple are going into the ground in Eastern Washington. It’s the first major apple variety ever developed in Washington.
It’s called the Cosmic Crisp — a cross between an Enterprise and Honey Crisp apple. “I think it’s going to be one of the major apples in our industry,” says Dave Allen, of Allen Brothers Fruit. He has been growing and testing the Cosmic Crisp for about six years now.
The apple was developed by WSU researchers, and this spring 600 thousand commercial trees are being planted in orchards in Eastern Washington. “Well, it’s a very wonderful apple. It’s a sweet, tart apple, it stores a long time, it doesn’t brown very much and it’s a very delightful apple,” says Allen.
Article by Kristi Paulus, KEPR TV
